Yesterday we had a leak in the bathroom that caused a flood. The electricity went out. The plumber showed up last night just after midnight. The electrician came early this afternoon. Just after he left then people showed up to get the rest of the furniture and appliances that they had purchased. During that same time our neighbors came over and brought us lunch and some goodbye gifts.
I am ready for a nap!!
Showing posts with label Repairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Repairs. Show all posts
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Monday, October 27, 2008
finally back up and running!
Just after I checked email and posted to the blog last week our computer crashed...We have just had one adventure after another here lately!
The plumbing is finally fixed.
The wall paper just needs to be reglued down.
Tom fixed the lights on the balcony.
The computer crashed the same day.
Our friend Lena B. told me that her husband Valera could fix anything that could possibly go wrong with a computer... and we are so grateful to him for saving us from having to purchase a new hard drive! He even installed some programs that we didn't have before. He said it took longer for him because he installed everything for us in English!
I will be able to write more later when I can think clearly. It is after one am... Valera just left. And I have 136 emails to answer!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Repairs are almost complete!
The wallpaper was carefully pulled back and taped down to keep it out of the way. The old pipes were cut out and replaced with new. There are other repairs going on in our building so all of the water is shut down for the radiator system. When everyone is ready the water will be turned on so the repairs can be verified as successful. If so, the guys will come back and fill the wall back in and reglue the wallpaper. If not they will fix whatever needs to be adjusted and then close the wall.
There is a light at the end of this tunnel and this time I don't think that it is an oncoming train!!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
update on the leak
earlier this week this was the scene in the kitchen...
you can see a line on the wall showing where the wallpaper was affected by the constant dripping.
a day later it looked like this...
The source of the leak is dscovered and the problem diagnosed!
now it looks like this!
The wall had to be opened up to gain access to the leak. The red wire is leading the drips directly into a bucket on the floor.
Hopefully, by Saturday all the repairs will be complete. This event has really taxed my Russian vocabulary. I should have paid more attention during those lessons about repair and tool names. But I honestly never expected to say the words spackle or chisel in a conversation!
Please pray that all goes smoothly from here on out!!
you can see a line on the wall showing where the wallpaper was affected by the constant dripping.
a day later it looked like this...
The source of the leak is dscovered and the problem diagnosed!
now it looks like this!
The wall had to be opened up to gain access to the leak. The red wire is leading the drips directly into a bucket on the floor.
Hopefully, by Saturday all the repairs will be complete. This event has really taxed my Russian vocabulary. I should have paid more attention during those lessons about repair and tool names. But I honestly never expected to say the words spackle or chisel in a conversation!
Please pray that all goes smoothly from here on out!!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
water leakage again!
Each year that we have lived here there has been a leak in a pipe somewhere in our apartment... this year is no exception.
Tom just turned off the water to all the pipes and we are waiting for a plumber to get here. Oh, the joys of being the owners and not renting!
Tom just turned off the water to all the pipes and we are waiting for a plumber to get here. Oh, the joys of being the owners and not renting!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
all is well!
Yesterday I called Kolya to see if he could come by and work on the toilet... it would either not stop running or it wouldn't flush. Tom was fixing it just about every other day.
At first Kolya said that Friday was the soonest he could get here. He surprised me this morning with a phone call saying that he would be in our area today and could come over after 4 o'clock. He was able to replace the flushing mechanism and now it works like a charm. He even bargained at the market for a fairly large discount on the part!
When we paid him for his labor he told us it was too much... but we felt like the work he did was priceless!! In America we would have paid at least 100 dollars just for the service call. We paid Kolya 40$ and it was worth every penny.
At first Kolya said that Friday was the soonest he could get here. He surprised me this morning with a phone call saying that he would be in our area today and could come over after 4 o'clock. He was able to replace the flushing mechanism and now it works like a charm. He even bargained at the market for a fairly large discount on the part!
When we paid him for his labor he told us it was too much... but we felt like the work he did was priceless!! In America we would have paid at least 100 dollars just for the service call. We paid Kolya 40$ and it was worth every penny.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
family fun!
Fortunately the flood in our bathroom didn’t last 40 days and 40 nights… it lasted just long enough for there to be about an inch of water on the bathroom floor. There is a pipe at the back of the washing machine that worked itself loose. The three of us had to work together as a team to get all the water cleaned up off of the floor. And Tom secured the pipe back into the wall. All that is left to do is to wash up all clothes that were soaked by the flood along with the towels that we used to dry up the floor. Just another day in apartment land!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Nah-kah-nets! Finally!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Our toilet is fixed… after having a few friends come over to try and fix it, our friend Olya found a good plumber in the newspaper! Our problem was that after flushing the toilet the water kept running, sometimes for hours. We had to turn the water off to the toilet between flushes so as not to run up a huge water bill!
Olya called several numbers but Oleg was the only one who was available to come this week. At first her concern was that he would be too expensive. But, when she told me that his labor would be 500 rubles (about 20 dollars) and we that we had to pay for the part that needed to be replaced, I let her know right away that we could afford that. The part needed ended up costing 350 rubles (about 14 dollars) so for 34$ we have a toilet that works!
I left for school while Oleg was still working. When he was packing up to leave Tom asked him in Russian if he was finished… Tom just used the Russian word for done with the intonation of asking a question, the plumber answered using one English word “finished”!
I just got off the phone with Olya, I was letting her know that everything had gone well and that Tom wanted to keep Oleg’s phone number for future reference, she was thrilled. It is not often that you can find someone who does quality work from thumbing through the paper. It is better if you know someone who knows someone. You know?
So if you are ever in Krasnodar and need a good plumber just call me and I will pass on Oleg’s cell phone number!
Our toilet is fixed… after having a few friends come over to try and fix it, our friend Olya found a good plumber in the newspaper! Our problem was that after flushing the toilet the water kept running, sometimes for hours. We had to turn the water off to the toilet between flushes so as not to run up a huge water bill!
Olya called several numbers but Oleg was the only one who was available to come this week. At first her concern was that he would be too expensive. But, when she told me that his labor would be 500 rubles (about 20 dollars) and we that we had to pay for the part that needed to be replaced, I let her know right away that we could afford that. The part needed ended up costing 350 rubles (about 14 dollars) so for 34$ we have a toilet that works!
I left for school while Oleg was still working. When he was packing up to leave Tom asked him in Russian if he was finished… Tom just used the Russian word for done with the intonation of asking a question, the plumber answered using one English word “finished”!
I just got off the phone with Olya, I was letting her know that everything had gone well and that Tom wanted to keep Oleg’s phone number for future reference, she was thrilled. It is not often that you can find someone who does quality work from thumbing through the paper. It is better if you know someone who knows someone. You know?
So if you are ever in Krasnodar and need a good plumber just call me and I will pass on Oleg’s cell phone number!
Sunday, August 12, 2007
finally back on line!!!
Sunday August 12, 2007
Agromnaya spacibo ( enormous thanks) to Tom! I do appreciate you filling in for me honey!!
Dima came over today after church and got us back up and running. We have lost all of our files so I am sad about my photos. I was just starting to put them onto to disks before we went back to the states and sadly I didn't finish.
At least my blog photos are not lost!
We have Tom's favorite girls here right now... Yanna is trying to walk and Eera is going back and forth to and from the kitchen eating up all the bread!
We had a large American contingent at church this morning. Two of the new families from school were visiting. And all of the Americans who normally attend are back in town!
Let's see what else? Oh, the washing machine is still not working properly. We got one problem fixed and now there is a new one.
So the washing machine, computer and the toilet were all giving me fits this week! The toilet has to be flushed three times before it will quit running. Since that one is just a minor inconveince I will wait and let Tom fix that problem!
School is really keeping us busy. Homework and trying to get to know all of the new students kept us out late each night since Wedsnesday. Two nights we had people over and the other two night we were out past ten! Neither one of us had the energy to go to an internet cafe afterwards so we have been out of touch since we heard from Tom about his surgery date.
I guess that is enough rambling from me for now! I look forward to reading through all the blogs of my friends and getting back to the Pastor's Wives Forum to see what is going on over there!
Agromnaya spacibo ( enormous thanks) to Tom! I do appreciate you filling in for me honey!!
Dima came over today after church and got us back up and running. We have lost all of our files so I am sad about my photos. I was just starting to put them onto to disks before we went back to the states and sadly I didn't finish.
At least my blog photos are not lost!
We have Tom's favorite girls here right now... Yanna is trying to walk and Eera is going back and forth to and from the kitchen eating up all the bread!
We had a large American contingent at church this morning. Two of the new families from school were visiting. And all of the Americans who normally attend are back in town!
Let's see what else? Oh, the washing machine is still not working properly. We got one problem fixed and now there is a new one.
So the washing machine, computer and the toilet were all giving me fits this week! The toilet has to be flushed three times before it will quit running. Since that one is just a minor inconveince I will wait and let Tom fix that problem!
School is really keeping us busy. Homework and trying to get to know all of the new students kept us out late each night since Wedsnesday. Two nights we had people over and the other two night we were out past ten! Neither one of us had the energy to go to an internet cafe afterwards so we have been out of touch since we heard from Tom about his surgery date.
I guess that is enough rambling from me for now! I look forward to reading through all the blogs of my friends and getting back to the Pastor's Wives Forum to see what is going on over there!
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Let There Be Heat!
Tom and I had a meeting at the BLTC today. When we left we heard our building manager yelling at someone who was underneath the building.
When we realised it was him we wondered if they were fixing the output to the radiators. And we were right!
When we got back home and felt our radiator it was finally hot to the touch and not just luke warm... Tom was talking about putting on shorts!
When we realised it was him we wondered if they were fixing the output to the radiators. And we were right!
When we got back home and felt our radiator it was finally hot to the touch and not just luke warm... Tom was talking about putting on shorts!
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Radiators
Tom called Slavic to come over and check on our Radiators. He had to bleed the air out of each one until water came through. Now they are all putting out heat.
We are grateful to have Slavic help us out with things like this. Next year we will know exactly what to do.
The talk at school was about who went to McDonalds and who didn't. Was it crowded when you were there? What did you order? Is it cheaper than the one on Moscow? Does it taste the same as in America?
When we were having the discussion Spencer was the only one in the room that had eaten in Moscow... here in Krasnodar and in America. He says that in Moscow, McDonalds was more expensive. But, McDonalds taste like McDonalds. One of our teachers who has a very busy schedule went there at 4am. McDonalds was taking a break and so she and her friends had to go back at 6am. They had been out dancing and then she was supposed to go teach an English class. Oh to be 23 again!
Prayer Request:
Our school director, Tanya, needs our prayers. Her mother is very ill and is not doing very well. Please keep her in you prayers.
We are grateful to have Slavic help us out with things like this. Next year we will know exactly what to do.
The talk at school was about who went to McDonalds and who didn't. Was it crowded when you were there? What did you order? Is it cheaper than the one on Moscow? Does it taste the same as in America?
When we were having the discussion Spencer was the only one in the room that had eaten in Moscow... here in Krasnodar and in America. He says that in Moscow, McDonalds was more expensive. But, McDonalds taste like McDonalds. One of our teachers who has a very busy schedule went there at 4am. McDonalds was taking a break and so she and her friends had to go back at 6am. They had been out dancing and then she was supposed to go teach an English class. Oh to be 23 again!
Prayer Request:
Our school director, Tanya, needs our prayers. Her mother is very ill and is not doing very well. Please keep her in you prayers.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)